London 2 South East | |
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Current season or competition:: 2016–17 London 2 South East |
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Sport | Rugby union |
Number of teams | 12 |
Country | England |
Holders |
Medway (1st title) (2016–17) (promoted to London 1 South) |
Most titles | Maidstone, Tunbridge Wells (3 titles) |
Website | englandrugby.com |
London 2 South East is an English level 7 Rugby Union League. It is made up of teams predominantly from south-east London, Kent, Surrey, East Sussex and West Sussex. The twelve teams play home and away matches from September through to April.
Promoted teams move up to London 1 South with the league champions being promoted automatically and the runners up playing the runners up from London 2 South West while demoted teams tend to move down to London 3 South East.
Since the 2000–01 season there has been a play-off between the runners-up of London 2 South East and London 2 South West for the third and final promotion place to London 1 South. The team with the superior league record has home advantage in the tie. At the end of the 2016–17 season the London 2 South West teams have been the most successful with ten wins to the London 2 South East teams seven; and the home team has won promotion on nine occasions compared to the away teams eight.